Audiences lack confidence as cancellations abound
Support for cutting the isolation period down to five days could alleviate pressure on productions but may not be enough to bring…
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Exclusive: £429m Levelling Up funding goes to culture
One quarter of grants are intended for cultural projects, new data finds, as MPs launch an inquiry into cultural placemaking.
Not British, not welcome
While we were distracted by news of politicians partying during lockdown, last month a Bill was passed that changes rights to UK c…
PM rejects call to cut isolation period
Businesses and event promoters say the policy is squeezing the supply chain beyond viability.
£8m freelancers’ fund to open in Scotland
The cover for cancelled work is part of £65m in support for the arts announced in recent weeks. What's available in the…
Open letter from an NPO
On 15 December Nadine Dorries wrote to all Arts Council England’s NPOs about measures to increase access to the arts. It was…
Sector awaits post-Christmas guidance after ‘inadequate’ CRF boost
The Culture Recovery Fund top-up is branded “bizarrely detached from reality” as the sector awaits details of further…
Vaccine passports ‘not sustainable’ in Wales
A month after implementation, venues say Covid passes have had the opposite effect on audience confidence than the policy intended…
Scotland awaits £31m in emergency arts funding
The country is yet to receive most of its Culture Recovery Fund allocation from May, the Culture Minister has claimed, as restrict…
Sector split on Plan B mandates
Concert arenas and nightclubs will be most affected as theatres prepare for a drop in ticket sales.
Australia and the arts during Covid
Most reports of the plight of the arts during the pandemic have focused on economic analysis. Julian Meyrick asks what the ar…
MPs vote down streaming bill
A bill to reform musicians' rights to payment from streaming failed to progress in the House of Commons on Friday (3…
Half of creative Kickstart roles filled
The flagship scheme to address youth unemployment has been hamstrung by red tape and low demand, but is still "really positiv…
Scientists say ‘hierarchy of controls’ needed for events
As the Omicron variant reaches the UK, findings from the Government's test events scheme say masks and anti-crowding measures…
Going public
Jonothan Neelands puts the case for a needs-based public culture, akin to Public Health or Public Education, to tackle inequality.
Scotland adds negative tests to passport scheme
Unvaccinated people will be able to attend venues in Scotland after negative test results were added to its certification scheme….
Dorries bites back at ‘a vocal number’ of her critics
The new Culture Secretary showed she won't back down easily in her first face off with committee MPs, raising claims of gender…
Plea to save NI arts from urgent ‘threats to very existence’
An anticipated £13m in Executive support may not be enough, as more than half the sector's jobs remain at risk.
£107m Culture Recovery Fund round to sustain sector over winter
925 organisations will share the latest round of grants from the £2bn fund – 873 of them for a second o…
Ireland brings in vaccine passports
People attending the theatre or cinemas in the Republic of Ireland must show proof of vaccination from Thursday (Novembe…
Thinking of applying for Arts Council NPO funding?
Has your organisation really got a chance of success? If not, think some more and save yourself the headache, says David Micklem.
Vaccine passport extended to Welsh theatres and cinemas
The Senedd has voted to make Covid vaccine passports a condition of entry to theatres and cinemas in Wales from Monday (Novem…
One fifth of NPOs fail to report environmental data
Exemptions are available, but four times as many organisations fail to report without one.
Budget 2021 doubles creative tax relief rates
DCMS gets a £600m boost next year but a £270m arts education pledge has been dropped.
